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–    Golfweek point increase ever year of existence (50 to win in ’04, same as US Mid-Am & PubLinks, Pac  Coast, North/South, Southern, etc)

–    ’04 SPC at Bayonet GC near Monterey, CA 6/29 thru 7/2 (see scratchplayers.org/SPC)

–    54 and 72 hole competitive course records were set at Stevinson Ranch during ’03 SPC

–    18 hole course record (64) tied by Ryan Carter in the second round of SPC  [par 72, rated 74.5, 138 slope, 7035 yds]

–    a 54 hole score of 217 (one over par) was required to make the cut to the final round

–    average Handicap Index for 96 player field for ’03 SPC was +2.02 (from 13 states and 4 countries)

–    13 NCGA players with 250 NCGA points thru 8/15/03 were in ’03 SPC  (two of whom made all cuts, one getting NCGA points)

–    50 of the 96 players in the field shot under the average course rating (74.5) used in the ’03 SPC

–    11 of top 100 ranked amateurs per Golfweek in ’03 SPC as of 6/30/03  (7 of top 50) [was 12 but defending champ withdrew]

–    21 of the top 100 ranked amateurs per Golfweek in ’03 SPC as of 8/25/03  (11 of top 50’s, 2 top 10’s)

–    17 state or regional golf association reining champions (includes state Open champions)  as of the start of ’03 SPC

–  Cullen Brasfield, ’02 Nevada State Stroke Champ

–  Carlos Cancho, ’02 Nevada State Match Champ (other state wins but reining in this case)

–  Brien Davis, ’03 Southwestern Am Champ (won Sahalee right after the ’03 SPC) won ’02 SNGA Am but not reining

–  Brady Exber, ’03 Southern Nevada Am Champ (among others in past)

–  Nick Flanagan, ’03 Tasmanian Open Champ (won Pacific Northwest two weeks after ’03 SPC plus ’03 US Amateur Champion)

–  Luke Hickmott, ’02 Victorian State Am Champ (among others but not reining)

–  Travis Johnson, ’02 PLGA Am Champ (multiple wins here)

–  Spencer Levin, ’02 NCGA Am Champ (plus ’03 Azalea but not conducted by a golf assn)

–  Brock MacKenzie, ’02 Pacific Coast Am Champ (plus ’01 Washington State Am Champ)

–  Brad Minor, ’02 Oregon Stroke Champ

–  Roy Moon, ’03 SCGA Amateur Champ (two days before SPC)

–  Ryan Nietfeldt, ’02 Nebraska Stroke Champ (won ’03 Nebraska State Am right after SPC)

–  Dan Potter, ’03 Washington State Am Champ (won Friday before ’03 SPC)

–  Brad Shilton, ’02 New Zealand Stroke Champ

–  Brady Stockton, ’02 Pacific Northwest Am Champ

–  Tyler Symons, ’02 Sun Country Amateur Golf Assn Amateur Champ [basically New Mexico and west Texas]

–  Kane Webber, ’02 & ’03 Colorado Stroke Champ & ’03 Colorado Public Links Champ (won latter right before SPC)

–    ’03 Western Amateur Champion, Chris Botsford of USC was in ’03 SPC  (missed SPC cut)

–    ’03 Western Amateur Runner Up, JJ Jakovac of Chico State was in ’03 SPC  (missed SPC cut)

–    ’03 Western Amateur Quarter-finalist, Andrew Dresser (won the ’03 SPC)

–    ’03 SPC players in ’03 US Am; 9 in 64’s, 5 in 32’s, 2 in 16’s, 2 in Quarters, 2 in Semi’s (David Oh and Champion Nick Flanagan)

–    ’02 Riversdale Cup Champion, Richard Moir (considered by many Australians to be the premier amateur event in Australia)

–    fourteen #1 players for collegiate teams (11 Div I teams plus Jakovac, Medina & Higton)

–    11 of the top 100 ranked collegiate players in the country during ‘02/’03 season

–    8 collegiate All Americans (one 1st team & 1 second, 3 HM, 3 Div II firsts)

–    2 collegiate conference “players of the year” (Coburn of UC Irvine & Jakovac of Chico State)

–    5 of top 10 ranked amateurs from Australia (four of whom are now in top 100 per Golfweek)

–    #1 ranked amateur from Australia, Luke Hickmott (Nick Flanangan now top ranked among Aussies per Golfweek)

–    #1 ranked amateur from Mexico, Ricky Carrillo

–    #1 ranked amateur from New Zealand, Brad Shilton

–    #1 ranked amateur from Kansas, Jesse Schulte

–    #1 ranked amateur from Nebraska, Ryan Nietfeldt

–    #1 ranked amateur from New Mexico, Tyler Symons

–    #1 ranked amateur from Nevada (either ’02 NNGA Player of the Year, Carlos Concha or ’02 SNGA Player of the Year, Brien Davis)

–    #1 ranked amateur from SCGA (whoever it would be, he was in SPC field among Oh, Botsford, Merrick, Moon, Johnson, Pate & Conway)

–    #1 ranked amateur from Washington, Brock MacKenzie making the ’03 Walker Cup Team (T9 in ’03 SPC, 2nd in ’02)

–    top 2 amateurs from ’02 NCGA points list, JJ Jakovac & Spencer Levin (Bettencourt turned pro but played ’02 SPC)

–    8 AJGA All Americans (3 first team, 3 second team inc ’01 US Junior Champ, Henry Liaw) plus 3 other Honorable Mentions

–    ’02 SPC average 54 hole score was 6.4 shots lower than the NorCal Open (same course, same format, same # of holes)

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Word for word letter from ’03 SPC Champion, Andrew Dresser of Texas:

“I want to sincerely thank you and your committee for the fine tournament I had at this years Scratch Players Championship.  I will never forget winning my first national men’s amateur event.  The course and especially the greens were magnificent.  Please express my thanks and appreciation to the staff at Stevinson Ranch for their hard work all week.  I also want to thank you for all the positive press I have received across the country.  Winning the Scratch Players Championship will open many doors for me in the future.  I am proud to be your 2003 Champion!”

 

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            Brock MacKenzie,              David Oh,  John Poucher,  John Merrick,  Andrew Dresser            Nick Flanagan of Australia

                           won all matches in ’03 Walker Cup         ’03 SPC top 4 – all ranked in top 100 by Golfweek                           ’03 US Amateur Champion